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And the Republicans want to cut the IRS's funding by a huge amount.
I wonder why…
You'd think they would be a fan of the people that caught Hunter Biden in a crime...
Do you think they could find out other people were committing similar crimes? And that those people are also rich? Maybe elected officials even? Hmm...
They aren't interested in crime. They aren't interested in law. They aren't interested in policy. They are obsessed with punishment.
Punishment for people who aren't them or their friends. It's okay when they do it.
I believe the word is oppression
They’re obsessed with their own power and money imo. Prisons make money, and keep the proles in line using fear. That’s the whole reason for the drug war - Nixon etc wanted to harm their political enemies, as in leftists and minorities, while also grifting money from the government and increasing authoritarianism.
you don't understand, after they gut the irs funding they'll replace all the management positions with politically chosen replacements, then force investigations to solely target their political rivals. No resources left to investigate their buddies.
That's the strategy now. All competitors are 'crooks'.
I remember seeing a video of how painfully outdated the IRS is, so they should invest instead...
edit: found it - it's by LGR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL5ut8o5pfs
change that m to a b in "delinquent millionaires" and then we'll have something.
A guy with $2 million isn't the problem, the guy with $1 billion is.
"What's the difference between a million and a billion?"
"About a billion."
Any shithead not paying their taxes is a problem
-someone who actually pays taxes
Given its $160k a year for an auditor’s salary… maybe $200 when all is said and done with benefits, then $2 million is a solid return on investment. I’ll take it.
at first I thought this was gonna say “change that m to a b in $500 million” 🤣
I mean, both would be good.
That's an interesting euphemism for tax fraud.
Which is probably less than a percent of what they owe if the IRS would successfully unravel all those Delaware, Kitts and Nevis, Bermudas, etc. "company" structures.
Delinquent millionaires is such a great phrase.
Could be a lot more, but I'll take it. Hopefully they keep rolling. These people are a drain on society.
Getting $500MILLION from Millionaires is HORRIBLE! We need to SAVE that money by Starving Children instead!
The article doesn't seem to indicate the ROI of the influx of new money to the IRS vs extra money received because of this influx. Only reason I care about ROI with this agency is 1) only real agency that makes money. 2) IRS had indicated before that they can generate something like 7 USD per 1 USD they are given for funding and I'd like to see if that plays out.
Regardless, I'm glad te IRS is getting the funding it needs to go after the rich.
They basically get an extra $6 billion each year over the next decade. So this would be a decent chunk of that. They have also recovered hundreds of millions in fraudulent PPP loans. They are also pushing to recover $29 billion in back taxes from Microsoft. A lot of those things they would not have been able to do before.
Anywhere where I can read about this in particular?
Is that all? Seems exceedingly low.
So that's one guy, how many more to go?
Centrists gonna be like "he taxed the rich more than any president evar" even though this is an insulting pittance.
Peanuts, really...
How much from billionaires?
Wow 500million..
So like.... Nothing?
What?
that will fund the military for 6 hours.
There will always be some perspective from which the impact of anything can be minimized.
What is the significance of your life, when viewed from the scale of the universe? It's utterly meaningless from this perspective. However, your existence is quite significant to that spider you squished.
Jonas Salk created a polio vaccine that saved countless lives, but whyd he even bother when there are so many other causes of mortality?
K..so cool. If you're pro-big-usa-military, then you gained 6 hours. If you're pro-a-bunch-of-other-govt-programs, they hey! Congratulations! There's another half billion
$520 million is a good start.
I suppose - but like there decades worth of back taxes. 500 is a good start maybe, but we all know they are dodge taxes and being taxed at lower rates than poor an middle classs and you know what there is no point in even talking about it because itll just work me up and I can't change anything so I'll just keep focusing on my community instead. Thank you.
It's half of one billionaire. It's a drop in the bucket.
It’s better than no drop.